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  • Martin Davis

    By: Staff    MONROE – Martin P. Davis, 83, died Oct. 18 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge.    Born in Chesterfield, he was a longtime Hightstown area resident.    Mr. Davis retired from William C. Pullen Fuel Oil Service in Hightstown and worked in the maintenance department of St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in…

  • School expansion plans raise the Cranbury issue

    Residents ask: Would expansion be necessary if Princeton’s sending relationship with Cranbury were severed? By: Jeff Milgram    As the Princeton Regional Board of Education studies ways to renovate and expand its overcrowded and outdated schools, some residents are focusing attention on the 171 students from Cranbury who attend Princeton High School and saying the board…

  • Athletic groups need more space

    PAL groups not getting use of school facilities in proportion to the number of kids participating By: Michael Arges        Representatives from the local Police Athletic League, hoping to avoid a tug-of-war over using school sports facilities, attended Monday’s meeting of the East Windsor Regional School District to ask board members, "Where will Johnny play…

  • Internet business thrives from basement

    Company sells hard-to-find collectibles By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY – Formerly a lawyer, 28-year-old Dan Horowitz now works from the basement of his house surrounded by unusual items from around the world, researching their use and history and photographing them.    Mr. Horowitz, a resident of DeHart Drive in Belle Mead, was able to fulfill his dream…

  • Meyer leads HHS girls to X-C three-peat

    By: Rudy Brandl        BERNARDS – Kristen Meyer made a triumphant return to the high school cross country scene in Monday afternoon’s Somerset County Championships at Pleasant Valley Park.    Running her first race since suffering a stress fracture over two months ago, Meyer certainly wasn’t rusty. The Hillsborough High senior showed the dominant form that’s…

  • Adversity can’t slow PU football

    Quarterback situation still uncertain against Cornell By: Justin Feil    Roger Hughes has been pleased with the way his Princeton University’s football team has continued to improve weekly.    Even after suffering its first Ivy League loss last week, to Harvard 35-21, the first-year head coach continues to see progress. Princeton still sits in first place, tied…

  • OBITUARIES, Oct. 27, 2000

    Tillie Shenkler, Joseph F. Wilson. Tillie Shenkler Resident of Princeton    Tillie Shenkler of Princeton died Tuesday at the Merwick rehabilitation unit of The Medical Center at Princeton. She was 90.    Born in Poland, Miss Shenkler was a resident of Brooklyn most of her life, living in Princeton the past year.    She was a member of…

  • Township moves to block temple

    CRANBURY – The Township Committee took another step Monday toward placing more restrictive requirements on developers seeking to build houses of worship in Cranbury. By:Brian Shappell    The Township Committee took another step Monday toward placing more restrictive requirements on developers seeking to build houses of worship in Cranbury.    The committee passed an ordinance that would…

  • Work at Old School unearths some history

    By:Brian Shappell    It was a cold, cloudy day on Dec. 21, 1944. Until recently, there wasn’t really any historic significance to that fact.    During the final stages of the Old School renovation project, two workers stumbled upon an old blackboard from the World War II era. It had remained hidden behind a pegboard/bulletin board since…